Chairman of the Committee on state construction, regional policy and local self- government Serhii Vlasenko met with the deputy head of the Project

Chairman of the Committee on state construction, regional policy and local self- government Serhii Vlasenko met with the deputy head of the Project "Management reforms in the east of Ukraine" implemented by Taras Zhuravel (German Society for International Cooperation (GIZ), an independent expert of the project Stefan Draeger and Head of Mission of the German Society of international cooperation (GIZ) Arlette Stojanovic

Information Department of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Secretariat
Published on 02 June 2016, at 10:56

During the meeting participants considered such issues as: results of the project in Ukraine, particularly in the areas of improving the mechanisms of administrative services and activating of inter-municipal cooperation, possibility of extending the project activities, key objectives and mechanisms for their implementation. Representatives of the project specified that the Committee is one of key project partners and, summing up its work in Ukraine, and they would like to get acquainted with the work efficiency in terms of Committee and possible format for the continuation of the project and its place among other similar projects.

Committee Chairman Serhii Vlasenko thanked for active and fruitful work of Project in Ukraine and stated "that the work done is particularly relevant in terms of the reform of decentralization of power, challenging socio-economic situation and the war in eastern Ukraine, where any positive achievements or successful example of solving existing problems gives hope for the future."

In particular, the head of Committee noted achievement of significant results in popularizing of mechanisms of inter-municipal cooperation, said that the project in Ukraine has already successful examples of implementation of mechanisms for inter-municipal cooperation. Chairman of the Committee stressed that this mechanism is underestimated in the Ukraine and there are problems on the way towards strengthening, solution of which is a major challenge for the future. Among these problems Serhii Vlasenko pointed out a lack of proper skill level of local authorities, and even their ignorance of the fact that the legislation Ukraine provides opportunities for cooperation. However, he noted that where explanatory work is conducted, representatives of local authorities show great interest in the dissemination of existing experience within their communities. In particular, the Chairman of the Committee gave the example of a meeting with local authorities of Cherkasy region which was attended by representatives of Poltava region which through Project became a leader among the regions of Ukraine in the implementation of mechanisms of inter-municipal cooperation. As a result of this meeting work in the Cherkasy region was activated.

The Project also supports the Committee in carrying out activities that are important for the dissemination of received experience. Thus, in the period 2015 - 2016 several committee hearings and roundtables on these issues were held in cooperation with Project. On June 10, 2016 with the assistance of the Project round table has been planned in Poltava on implementation of the Law of Ukraine "On cooperation of local communities." Participants called for continued cooperation.